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Word entry · 11 letters

appropriate

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"Right for the situation"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt/Part of speech adjective, verbSorted aaeioppprrtStarts with AEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2P3P4R5O6P7R8I9A10T11E

Definitions

  1. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

Word origin

From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
  • A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.
  • to appropriate money for the increase of the navy

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Right for the situation11 letters
02Suitable11 letters

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